The mutual health insurance (Mutuelle de Santé) system in Rwanda is one of the most extensive community based health insurance schemes operated in Sub-Saharan Africa covering over 90 per cent of the population. Several studies, so far, have documented the success of the Mutuelle de Santé in...

Cet article est une tentative d‟analyser les effets des régimes de change en vigueur sur la croissance économique réalisée par les pays de la CEDEAO. La méthode d‟estimation retenue est celle des Moments Généralisés sur des données de panel relatives à 14 pays de la CEDEAO sur la période 1970- 2009...

This study identifies the factors associated with smallholder farm households that have risen out of poverty or descended into poverty between 1997 and 2007 in Kenya. The study uses data from a nationwide balanced panel of 1,275 households and data from detailed retrospective ‘life history’ survey...

L’étude a porté sur la mise en évidence d’un effet positif des flux d’investissement chinois sur la croissance économique en Afrique au Sud du Sahara (ASS), suite au constant d’une forte progression de ces flux (allant jusqu'à un pic de + 88% en moyenne entre 2005-2007) et aux bons chiffres de la...

This study examines the fungibility of foreign aid and makes three contributions to the existing literature. Firstly, fungibility of aid at the aggregate level is reexamined on a richer panel dataset of 91 developing countries for 1980-2009, taking into account endogeneity of aid and...

Using a novel dataset, I empirically assess the impact of the legal environment on venture capital and private equity activity across 50 African countries between 2004 and 2010. Preliminary results indicate that a better legal environment increases market entry by investors and entrepreneurs. While...

Land has been commonly considered an abundant resource in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, nationally representative farm surveys consistently paint a contrasting picture with the following empirical regularities: First, evidence shows that over the past 50 years there has been a gradual but steady...

This paper examines the impact of trade and political institutions on environmental sustainability in Africa and explores whether political institutions matter to the trade-environment relationship. We use data from a large group of African countries, covering the period 1990-2008 and two...

This paper assesses the economic implications of a situation in which Egypt increases the price of its gas exports to Israel and equalizes it to the world price. This is motivated by the Egyptian revolution that toppled a government, which was offering Israel preferential prices. It is also in line...